I never learned to play any instruments while I was young, but I think it would be an interesting thing to do now. (for some reason, it feels like I have more spare time as an adult than I did as a kid!)
Which instruments are easy to pick up for someone with essentially no musical training?
(caveat: I am terrible at singing.)
Posted Jan 26, 2010, 2:05 AM UTC
I learned to play the mandolin last year. Tried to play my friend's guitars for a while, but mandolin ended up easier for me. There are only 4 strings, and the frets are closer together, so its a bit easier at first if you have smaller hands
guitar is a good midlife crisis instrument
Guitar. I taught myself entirely, and prior to learning I had no training whatsoever, never taken a music class. Shameless show off
If I learned anything at all in college, its that this video is 100% accurate.
ha! not bad. (I am a chick, though.)
Did you just pick up a guitar and start messing with it, or did you do something specific to learn?
My sister got a guitar one year for Christmas, played it for a couple weeks and abandoned it to the basement. I came across it one day years later and started messing around with it. All it really takes is a crash course in reading tabs and then you're set. Websites like the one I linked have endless songs. Listen to the song you want to learn and read the tabs.
Practice! Practice some more, and when you're sick of practicing, practice.
Piano! The basic playing techniques are easy to pick up, and video tutorials are available on hundreds of songs. You wouldn't actually need to read sheet music.
If you're interested in music, look into composition as well. If you learn how to read and write music, playing will mean so much more to you.
Of course it really doesn't hurt to learn the most basic of music theory...
Kazoo.
I'd say keyboard or guitar.
I'm teaching myself to play bass guitar, its alot of fun, but I'd love to learn to play a keyboard.
Drums >>
Piano. Chicks love dudes who can play the piano and besides, guitar players are dime a dozen.
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